1.Questionnaire Surveys for Evalution of Quality of Life and Problems in Patients with Orthotopic Neobladder after Cystectomy.
Sachiko TOYAMA ; Tsutomu NISHIYAMA ; Mineko KOSAKAI ; Masahiro TERUNUMA ; Kazuko KOBAYASHI
Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2001;50(1):40-44
Questionnaire survey were conducted three times to evalute the social life and functional problems in patients with orthotopic neobladder after cystectomy. A total of 34 responses were collected froml9 patients with a mean age of 66 years at diagnosis. The patients with orthotopic neobladder were found to be troubled with prolonged urinary incontinence such as nocturnal enuresis and stress incontinence. The problems was deteriorating the quality of life of the patients.
2.Birth after intracytoplasmic sperm injection of ejaculated spermatozoa from a man with mosaic Klinefelter's syndrome.
Takuya AKASHI ; Hideki FUSE ; Yasuo KOJIMA ; Mikiko HAYASHI ; Sachiko HONDA
Asian Journal of Andrology 2005;7(2):217-220
AIMTo report a birth after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) of ejaculated spermatozoa from a man with mosaic Klinefelter's syndrome detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis.
METHODSA 35-year-old man with a normal appearance consulted our hospital because of sterility over a 5-year period. Chromosome analysis showed low-incidence mosaic Klinefelter's syndrome. Using FISH, 96 % hyperploidy of the lymphocytes was found. We examined the sex chromosome of the ejaculated spermatozoa. Using FISH, we examined 200 ejaculated spermatozoa and no hyperploidy was found.
RESULTSThe 33-year-old female partner of the male patient underwent an uncomplicated controlled ovarian hyperstimulation sequence using a combined recombinant-follicle stimulating hormone (rec-FSH) + human menopausal gonadotrophin (hMG) protocol, following late luteal phase pituitary down regulation. This culminated in the retrieval of seven oocytes, six of which were fertilized with ICSI. One ICSI attempt led to clinical pregnancy with a healthy baby girl.
CONCLUSIONWe report a male patient with low-incidence mosaic Klinefelter's syndrome whose ejaculated spermatozoa were identified as being haploid by FISH before ICSI, leading to the successful pregnancy of his wife and the birth of a healthy baby girl.
Adult ; Female ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Klinefelter Syndrome ; genetics ; physiopathology ; Male ; Mosaicism ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic
3.For making a declaration of countermeasures against the falling birth rate from the Japanese Society for Hygiene: summary of discussion in the working group on academic research strategy against an aging society with low birth rate.
Kyoko NOMURA ; Kanae KARITA ; Atsuko ARAKI ; Emiko NISHIOKA ; Go MUTO ; Miyuki IWAI-SHIMADA ; Mariko NISHIKITANI ; Mariko INOUE ; Shinobu TSURUGANO ; Naomi KITANO ; Mayumi TSUJI ; Sachiko IIJIMA ; Kayo UEDA ; Michihiro KAMIJIMA ; Zentaro YAMAGATA ; Kiyomi SAKATA ; Masayuki IKI ; Hiroyuki YANAGISAWA ; Masashi KATO ; Hidekuni INADERA ; Yoshihiro KOKUBO ; Kazuhito YOKOYAMA ; Akio KOIZUMI ; Takemi OTSUKI
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2019;24(1):14-14
In 1952, the Japanese Society for Hygiene had once passed a resolution at its 22nd symposium on population control, recommending the suppression of population growth based on the idea of cultivating a healthier population in the area of eugenics. Over half a century has now passed since this recommendation; Japan is witnessing an aging of the population (it is estimated that over 65-year-olds made up 27.7% of the population in 2017) and a decline in the birth rate (total fertility rate 1.43 births per woman in 2017) at a rate that is unparalleled in the world; Japan is faced with a "super-aging" society with low birth rate. In 2017, the Society passed a resolution to encourage all scientists to engage in academic researches to address the issue of the declining birth rate that Japan is currently facing. In this commentary, the Society hereby declares that the entire text of the 1952 proposal is revoked and the ideas relating to eugenics is rejected. Since the Society has set up a working group on the issue in 2016, there have been three symposiums, and working group committee members began publishing a series of articles in the Society's Japanese language journal. This commentary primarily provides an overview of the findings from the published articles, which will form the scientific basis for the Society's declaration. The areas we covered here included the following: (1) improving the social and work environment to balance between the personal and professional life; (2) proactive education on reproductive health; (3) children's health begins with nutritional management in women of reproductive age; (4) workplace environment and occupational health; (5) workplace measures to counter the declining birth rate; (6) research into the effect of environmental chemicals on sexual maturity, reproductive function, and the children of next generation; and (7) comprehensive research into the relationship among contemporary society, parental stress, and healthy child-rearing. Based on the seven topics, we will set out a declaration to address Japan's aging society with low birth rate.
Aging
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Birth Rate
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trends
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Child
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Child Health
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Environmental Exposure
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adverse effects
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prevention & control
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Female
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Health Planning Guidelines
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Humans
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Japan
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epidemiology
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Male
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Occupational Health
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Reproductive Health
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education
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Research Design
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standards
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Societies, Scientific
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organization & administration
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Stress, Psychological
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prevention & control
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Women's Health